1st Official Homegrown Meal

So today marks the day that we officially ate a meal that came entirely from our backyard, minus the sesame oil for the stir fry. And I must say it was great. Ok I may be a bit bias, but im not trying to be. It really was delicious. We picked some swiss chard that I never had before and threw in some sugar snap peas, along with a few eggs from the chickens and it was absolutely perfect. The swiss chard was a pleasant surprise. It was like eating Pak Choy and spinach which I both love. We have heard that swiss chard can be bitter but there was no such bitterness present. We picked young to medium leaves and wife was impressed how they maintained there integrity under heat. So with the sugar snap peas and eggs to polish of the stir fry we had a nice little side dish that I will never forget.

Fire Pit Breakfast

Yesterday before heading to destin I had to try making my first of many fire pit breakfast. It was great!! The exciting thing was going to the chicken coop and pushing Esther to the side and picking two warm eggs from the nest. The fire pit design is made so that there is a small cooking section for pretty much anything. It will be nice to make an official vegetable omelet when the garden gets into full production. I'm greatful that where I live they allow fire pits in the backyard. My wife is still not amused but it's my official man cave almost literally.

Moms Cheese Cake was delicious

My mom decided to make a cheese cake from scratch. It was heavenly and sinful all in one bite. She really has her Cheese cake down to a science and it taste so good all the time. This is my favorite and is definately one of the items I want on my list if it were my last meal.

When she comes for a visit I will have her use some organic eggs and we will try to make our own cream cheese. Im getting alot of cool ideas from fellow bloggers that I have to try. If this cheese cake turns out great with fresh ingredients I just might want to die after the first bite. Can't wait!

Making Flan

Well the veggies are growing and the Chickens are popping out eggs everyday; and my wife has decided that no egg will go to waste and last night she told me she would make flan. I personally never heard of it before, but there is nothing I wont I try. To my surprise the flan was delicious. The caramel sauce was a bit strong but the custard neutralized it and it was really refreshing and light. Best of all I the main ingredient eggs came from my backyard.

Ingredients: Egg, milk sugar, and vanilla extract

Egg Salad; Japanese or Georgian?

Tonight my wife and I had Pho' we love vietnamese food. But while were sitting there sucking down beef soup, I asked her if she can fix up some of that mighty fine Egg Salad she always make. She said, "Oh you mean the Japanese Egg Salad?" Nowwwww, if we weren't producing our own eggs in the backyard I would have let that slide, but since we do have our own eggs and they are Georgia grown, I decided to buck up and say, "Well, what makes the egg salad Japanese?" She said, snickering "The Japanese Mayo." I said, well what about by my eggs that were grown in the great state of Georgia?" She said, well since you want My egg Salad and Im Japanese, And you want to use my Mayo which is also from Japan, you are going to get Japanese Egg salad." I said, "Ok." She does have a point. Japanese Egg Salad it is. That Mayo is to die for.

http://www.amazon.com/Uwajimaya-Kewpie-Mayonnaise-17-64-Oz/dp/B00023T3IA

Eggs

One day I was having a conversation with a buddy who has seen his fare share of doom and destruction and we were talking about what would be valuable in a hypothetical post-apocolyptic world. Without breaking a beat he blurted out 'CHICKENS AND EGGS!" I looked at him a little weird at first and thought, Hmmmm, I see where your going with this, Because hypothetically speaking if we happen to be living in a post apocolyptic world money would have no value. However, Goods and Services would be sought after and Chickens and eggs would be more valuable than gold. Something to think about, but I would have to put my stock in guns and ammo before the chickens and eggs.

Raising Chickens the Urban way

First of all most cities will not allow residents to have chickens. Nevertheless, their is a quiet revolution of folk all over the US whos sole purpose is to Raise organic eggs and meat birds in their backyards. I think its a magnificent idea and as someone striving to be a self-sufficientist I see the power in raising chickens for eggs. I think when the shit hit the fan. Chickens and eggs will be more valuable than money. I have a converted dog house that I will use as my coop. I will raise brown egg layers this up coming year.

You can see my coop next to my hawk mews. Its not fancy but its functional. We will see how it works this up coming year.

The following clip is from someone that I personally think is growing a little bit more than eggs in their backyard. Im not mad at them. This women just seems a little to happy. But her work on raising chickens should be admired.